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A mushroom-inspired menu prepared by Jehangir Mehta, executive chef and owner of New York City restaurants Graffiti and Metaphor, will be featured at the University Club and Restaurant on Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 5-9 p.m.
Mehta is the former star of "Iron Chef America" on Food Network and...

A workshop on “Healthy Seeds: Controlling Vegetable Diseases with Hot Water Treatment,” will be presented Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to noon at the UMass Agricultural Farm, 89 River Rd., South Deerfield.

Patty Freedson, professor and chair of the kinesiology department, delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (SEACSM) held Feb. 12-14 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Freedson, who is an expert in measurement of physical activity...

Highlights from the 2015 "UMass in Winter" photo contest. More than 370 submissions were submitted by students, alumni, faculty, staff and campus visitors. See all 40 finalists at bit.do/winterphotocontest.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst today announced that it will accept Iranian students into science and engineering programs, developing individualized study plans to meet the requirements of federal sanctions law and address the impact on students. The decision to revise the university’s approach follows consultation with the State Department and outside counsel.

Ensemble Musica Humana will perform a repertoire of Praetorius, Musae Sioniae and instrumental Terpsichore dances at a First Sunday Concert on March 1 from 2-4 p.m. at the Renaissance Center, 650 East Pleasant St.
Refreshments are co-sponsored by the Amherst Woman’s Club.

Francis R. Smith, 92, of Whately, a retired mail clerk II in Mail Services, died Feb. 12 in Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.
Born in Whately, he was educated in Whately schools and graduated from Deerfield High School in 1939.
In early years he worked on the family farm and later General...